What are the effects and functions of ramie root?

Many people may not know the effects and functions of ramie root. In fact, it is widely used. It can stop bleeding. At the same time, it can be used with other medicines to have good medicinal effects. For example, it can be used with chalk and clam powder to treat vomiting blood.

1. Hemostatic effect: Soaking the artificial wounds on the tail ends of rats and mice with the extract of wild ramie can reduce the amount of bleeding and shorten the bleeding time. The same effect was achieved when administered orally or intraperitoneally to mice. After intramuscular injection into rabbits, the coagulation time was shortened, but there was no significant change in platelet count. The extract was used to soak the liver and kidney wounds of rats, but no obvious hemostatic effect was observed.

2. Effect on bleeding and clotting time: The artificially synthesized "hemothionine (caffeic acid diethylamine salt)" was injected intravenously into rabbits and intraperitoneally into mice, and its clotting time and bleeding time were significantly shortened. "Hemothrombin" has no antifibrinolytic effect in vitro.

3. Other effects: The organic acid salts and alkalis contained in ramie roots have inhibitory effects on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in vitro. Among them, hemolytic streptococci, pneumococci, Escherichia coli, and anthrax bacteria are highly sensitive to organic acid salts; Salmonella is highly sensitive to biological alkalis.

4. Zhugen San (from "Shengji Zonglu") is used to treat vomiting blood: 10g each of ramie root, ginseng, chalk and clam powder. Grind the above 4 ingredients into powder, take 2g each time, mixed with glutinous rice drink, at any time. In the formula, ramie root can stop bleeding and is the main medicine.

5. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine) For treating habitual abortion: 30g of dried ramie root, 15g each of lotus seeds and Chinese yam. Decoction in water. In the formula, ramie root is the main ingredient for stabilizing pregnancy.

6. (from "Meishi Ji Yan Fang") Treats fetal movement during pregnancy, sudden discharge of yellow liquid like glue, or like red bean juice, and unbearable abdominal pain; 15g of ramie root (remove the black skin and cut), 1 piece of silver, 9 liters of water, boil 4 liters. For each dose, add 1 liter of water and 0.5 liters of wine, boil until 1 liter remains and divide into 2 doses (no silver is needed in this recipe). In the formula, ramie root can stabilize the fetus and clear away heat, and is the main medicine.